[OpenSpending] Spending data for all 98 municipalities in Denmark

Wed May 8 20:07:21 UTC 2013

Hi Niels Erik,

This looks fantastic! I really like the feature added to the diagram
providing information on spending trends over the years, the individual
contribution of each taxpayer & comparisons with other municipalities.

A few questions:
- I'd be really curious about the user feedback, though I don't see a
commentary field. Is that on purpose?
- Are there any plans to occasionally embed diagrams into stories focused
on particular municipalities (eg. feature the budget of Aarhus, when
discussing local economic priorities)?

Any chance you'd be interested in writing up a short post about how you
created the project?

Anders

On 8 May 2013 14:43, Niels Erik Kaaber Rasmussen <niels at buhlrasmussen.eu>wrote:

> Hi
>
> Today an overview of the spending-data for all Denmarks 98 municipalities
> has been released at kommune.politiken.dk
>
> To make it possible I have collected data from ”Statistics Denmark” and
> visualized it using the well-known icons and bubblediagram from
> OpenSpending.
>
> In Denmark the budgets of the municipalities are well structured and
> available for free download at one central place, it's not on transactional
> level but still very informative. Budgets can be compared due to detailed
> regulation on how municipalities shall do their bookkeeping.
>
> For the site I made a function to compare two different municipalities and
> to look up which municipality spends the most/least on a chosen expenditure
> post.
>
> I made an effort to include not just spending data but also figures
> describing the different sources of income. To me it is important that we
> do not just point fingers at any expenditures we might find questionable.
>
> I partnered with the national newspaper Politiken to reach a larger
> audience. Municipal elections are going to be held in Denmark later this
> year.
>
> Best, Niels Erik
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